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A fact from Powder flask appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 September 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that whatever they do on YouTube, you should never load a muzzle-loading gun directly from a powder flask (pictured) or horn?

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Some unverified claims

Maybe they are discussed in existing sources here, but some claims do not appear to be verified:

Under "Use":

The powder flask was finally rendered obsolete by the spread of breech-loading guns and the innovations brought about by Hall, Sharps, Spencer and...

Under "Decoration"

Most of the vast numbers of flasks made in the gun-using parts of the world during the Early Modern period were probably relatively plain and functional, and have not been preserved. - "Probably"-- according to whom?

Thanks, I, JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 18:23, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]